US269333A - Self-binding harvester - Google Patents

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J. P. SBIBBRLING.

SELF BINDING HARVESTER. No. 269,333. v)Patellisd Dec.l9, 1882.

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J. F. SEIBERLING. SELF BINDING HARVESTER.

No. 269,333. Patented Dec.19, 1882.

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SEEE BINDING HARVESTER.

Patented Deo.19,`1882.

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JOHN F. SEIBERLING, OF AKRON, OHIO.b

SELF-BINDING HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,333, dated December 19, 1862.

Application filed April 3, 188:2. (Model.)

To all lwhom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. SErBERLING, of Akron, county of Summit, State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Self-Binding Harvesters, of' which the l'ollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan or top view, partly in section,ot'aharvesting-machinewith myimprovements applied. Fig. 2 is a front elevation ot the same, also partly in section and partly broken away. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation with the driving-wheel partly broken away, and Fig. 4 is a side elevation ofthe bundle-carrier and the means for tilting the same.

My invention relates to a novel construction of the main gearing-support, and toanovel arrangement of the binder-frame in connection therewith 5' toanovel arrangementofthebinder mechanism and driveis seat relative to each other and to the main drive-wlnfel; to a novel arrangement ot' gearingbrcommunicating motion from the harvester tothe binder mechanism to a novel arrangement ot' bundle-carrier, and to the arrangement of means for tilting or dumping the saine, as hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a casting forming the main gear-support, provided on one side, near one end, with a laterally-projecting axle, A', formed upon or rigidly secured to it, upon which the main -drive-wheel B is mounted, and nea-r its opposite end, upon the opposite side, also provided with a sleeve, A2, forming a journal-box for the pinion-shat'tO rotating therein. -The driv- I ing-wh eel is provided with an internally-coggcd rim, from which motion is imparted to the piuion-shatt through a pinion on the out-er end ot said shaft, and the latter is provided on its inner end with a bevel-wheel, C', from which motion is imparted to the crank-shaft, and

formed on the gear-support A engages, said hook over-hanging the flange d when the support A and frame D are in working relation to each other, and preventing relative lateral movement of said gear-support and machineframes. The pole or tongue is hinged to the forward end ot' the frame-bar D in advance of the sleeve D', and said bar is provided near midway ot' its length with a bracket, D2, having on its side adjacent to the gear-support A a grooved or hook-shaped flange, d2, engaging with and sliding up and down upon the expanded heel-extension Aot' the gear-support beyond the axle A. By this arrangement of gear-support and harvester frame-bar, the former is adapted to vibrate or he adjusted at its swinging end with the axle A' as a center otl movement for raising and lowering the forward end ot' frame-bar D, and the latter is adapted to be adjusted around the pinionshal't as a center for adjusting the height and angle ot' relation ot' said har and its attachments to the ground.

The bracket D'2 has a laterally-projecting arm, D3, formed on its lower end, and to this arm and the rear end of frame-bar D the laterally-projecting frame-timbers E and E' are secured, forming the support-s for the fingerbar and the rear bar ot' the platform-frame, the former arranged nearly in the same vertical plane with the axle A transversely ot' the machine, but by preference slightly in rear thereof, as shown, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The. gear-support Ais provided with a stand-v ard, ct, in the upper end of which is pivoted a lever, b, provided with a sheave or grooved quadrant, b', from which a chain, b2, extends down to and is connected with the bracket D2, for facilitating the adjustment of the framebar D and the cutting apparatus and platformframe attached thereto, any suitable means being employed for holding the lever b at the desired adjustment.

Upon the axle A', outside of the wheel B, is mounted a sleeve or thimble, F, secured thereon by a suitable washer and pin or nut, and provided with a suitable arm or support for the drivers seat, mounted thereon, and on its forward face with an arm, F', from which a brace-rod, F2, extends forward, crossing obliquely in front of the driving-wheel to the hinged pole or tongue, with which it has a sliding connectiomF, at its forward end, made in any suitable manner, for permitting the necessary adjustments of the tongue, while serving to hold the thimble F and the drivers seat connected therewith in the position required. The brace F2 is provided with a rest or stirrup, FX, for the drivers feet.

The frame-bar D and the transverse timbers or hars E and E are provided at e with suitable uprights,to the upper ends ot' which are secured two longitudinal rods or bars, q g', affording a support for a longitudiually-sliding binder-frame. This frame is composed ot' two transverse bars, h and h', having sleeves on their ends, which surround'and slide on the rods g and g', said transverse portions being rigidly connected by and by preference cast in one piece with a longitudinal bar, H. This sliding binder-frame has a standard, H', said standard being provided on its upper end with a rearwardlyprojecting sleeve, H2, having suitable bearings for the shaft L, carrying the binder needle-arm.

To the forward end oi' the frame-bar D a bracket, d3, is secured, in the upper end otl which the forward end of crankshaft I Vhas its bearing, said shalt extending longitudinally over the bars E and E', and being provided with a bearing at its rear end on the latter bar. This shaft is provided with a crank, I', arranged near about in line with the main axle, for imparting motion to the sickle-bar, and on its rear end with a sprocket-wheel, l2, from which motion is imparted to the platl'orm apron roller and tothe elevating and packing mechanism at the inner end of said apron through suitable sprocket-wheels,13 and l". Motion is imparted to the crank-shaftlthrou gh a bevel-wheel, C2, thereon, engaging with the bevel-wheel C on the pinion-shaft.

Above the crank-shalt I is another longitudinal shaft, J, mounted at its forward end in a removable extension, d, of the bracket d3, and at its rear end in a bearing on the forward transverse bar, h, ot' the sliding bindert'rame. The shalt J is provided with a spurgear, J, which receives motion from a similar gear on the crank-shaft. The shaft J has a spur-gear, J2,feathered to and sliding upon its rear end adjacent to the binder-frame H, and coupledV to said frame in any suitable manner, adapting it to slide with said frame as the latter is adjusted back and forth to accommodate its position to the length ot' straw to be operated upon. v

K and K are spur-gears, mounted the former on a stud-axle on the forward face of the standard H', and engaging with and receiving motion from the sliding gear J2, and imparting motion to the gear K on the shaft L, carrying the needle-arm. The wheel K is provided in its rear face with suitable cam-grooves for actuating the knotting mechanism; but as the binding mechanism is made the subject of a separate application, it need not be described in detail here.

By the construction described the sliding binder-frame, upon which the binder mecharr ism is mounted, is brought close up to the inner or grain side ot' the driving-wheel B, and by reference to the drawings it will be seen that said i'rame and mechanism are arranged above the horizontal plane ofthe pitman, actvuatingthe sickle-bar crossing the vertical plane of said pitman and ot' the cutting apparatus and main drive-wheel axle and between the cutting apparatus or grain-platform and the driving-wheel, while the drivers seat is arranged over the axle on the opposite side of said drive-wheel, this arrangement serving to give the machine acompactt'orm,utilizing the weight ot' the driver to counter-balance in part the weightof the binding mechanism upon the grainwheel, and the consequent drag ot' the latter, and also to equalize as nearly as praeticable the weight upon the axle in fr ont and iu rear thereof, thereby facilitating the roeking ofthe machine thereon.

By the arrangement ofthe cutters about in the same vertical plane with the axle transversely ot' the machine, or slightly in rear thereof, as shown, the grain is deposited upon the platform in rear ot' said plane, and, being moved inward by the carrying apron or other suitable raking device, is carried by an elevat ingdrum, described in the other application referred to, up to and is deposited upon a binding-table, M, arranged above the binder-frame H and in rear ofthe vertical plane ot' the drivewheel axle. This table, between the knotting devices indicated at N, Fig. 3, and the driving-wheel, is inclined orcurved upward, as shown at M', adapting the bundle, alter it has lelt the knotting devices, to be carried up over the rear portion ot' said wheel, any suitable mechanism being employed for that purpose, that shown being described in the other application referred to.

The seat-supporting sleeve or thimble F is shown provided with horizontal arms F3, to which rearwardly-projecting bars P P are secured, forming a support for a bundle-carrier, Q, connected by a transverse pivot at g with the rear ends ot' bars P P. This bundle-carrier may be made in any suitable form, preferably ot' parallel longitudinal slats, connected' by transverse bars, as shown, for makingit as light as practicable, and may be made concave or provided with narrow upright side strips for adapting it to retain the bundles thrown upon it. Its transverse shaft is provided with a pendent crank-arm, r, from which aconnecting-rod, s, extends forward to a crank arm or lever, t, pivoted in the tongue-brace F2, and connected at its upper end with a trradle, T, arranged within convenient reach of the driv ers foot, the arrangement being such that the driver, by pressing his foot upon the treadle T, can at any' time tilt `the bundle-carrier for discharging its load. This bundle-carrier is arranged directly behind the driver, in rear et' the axle, and on the opposite side of the driving-wheel from the binder-table, in posi- IOO tion to receive the bundles discharged from the latter over the rear portion of the drivingwheel, and within convenient reach of the driver, whois thus enabled to insure the proper delivery of the bundles to and the proper arrangement of the latter upon the carrier until the desired number has accumulated or the desired point of discharge has been reached, when by tilting the'carrier they are deposited upon the ground behind the driver, and out of the way 'of thc team and machine on the succeeding round.

V is a brace extending from the inner. shoe of the cutting apparatus obliquely forward to the bracket d3, or other convenient point ot' support on the frame. One of the supports for the rod g' is represented as secured to this brace, thereby securing a supportin advance of theline of the cutters. and gives more room for the adjustment of the binder-frame.

Parts of the machine not particularly described may be constructed in any usual or preferred manner.

Having now described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, in a grain-binding har* vester, of the main supporting and driving Wheel, the drivers seat,located on the axle on the outer side of said Wheel, a dumping bundle-carrier supported upon said axle in rear of the drivers seat, a cutting apparatus located centrally of the driving-wheel, on the opposite side from the drlvers seat, and a binding mechanism located on the platl'orm side of said wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the drivers seat with the thitnble-support on the outer end of the main axle, the supporting-brace having a sliding connection with the tongue of the machine, and thefoot-rest on said brace, substantially as described.

3. The gear-support A, provided with the main drive-Wheel axle, projecting from its side near one end,and a sleeve-bearing for the secondary shaft, projecting on the opposite side near the other end, in combination with the harvester frame-bar D, provided with the sleeve D', and hook-bracket D2, arranged and operating substantially as described.

4. The combination of thel gearsupport A, provided with the drive-Wheel axle A', and pinion-shaft sleeve A2,`the harvester frame-bar D, provided with the sleeve D', and hookbracket D2, and the lifting-lever mounted on the gear-support and connected by chain with thehook-bracketD2,substantiallyasdescribed.

5. The rib or tange d on the harvester-frame thimble D', in combination with the hook d' on the gear-support A, for keeping said thitnble in place, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the crankshaft I, the spur-pinion G3, the shaft J, and the spur- Wheel J', and sliding pinion J2 thereon, for transmitting motion from the harvester to the binding mechanism,substantially as described.

7. The combination, in a grain-binding harvester, of a binding mechanism located on thc platform side of the driving-wheel, a drivers seat located over the'axle on the opposite side of said wheel, and a dumping bundle-carrier located behind said drivers seat, on the same side of the driving-wheel therewith, said seat and bundle-carrier being both connected with and supported upon the outer end of the drive wheel axle, substantially as described.

8. In a grain-binding harvester, the combination of a binding mechanism located on the platform side of the driving-Wheel, between the platform and said wheel, a drivers seat supported on the main drive-wheel axle, on the opposite side of said wheel to said binding mechanism, and a tilting bundle-carrier `located behind said seat and connected by a transverse pivot with arms attached to the seat-supporting thimble, substantially as described.

9. The tilting bundle-carrier Q, secured to a transverse pivot mounted in arms attached to the seat-supportingthim ble, in combination with the treadle P', the connecting-rod R', and the levers or cranks for operating the same, substantiall y as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of March, A. D. 1882.

JOHN F. SEIBERLING.

Witnesses:

FRANK A. SEIBERLING, H. M. HOUSER.

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